Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cesare Lombroso, Atavism, 7 Things
15 Nov 2017
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Used as mitigating factor in dan white"s defense in the murder of harvey milk. Argument: dan white had consumed huge amounts of. Twinkies before going to kill harvey milk, therefore making him more impulsive and irrational. Men who have higher testosterone need more excitement and things going on around them. 5-15% of the general population have abnormal egg readings. In the prison population, 50-60% of individuals have abnormal. Studies have linked increase use of ssri"s with suicide, aggression, and problems with hostility: arousal theory, argues that people"s brains respond differently to environmental stimuli and some people need higher amounts of stimuli/arousal to feel satisfied -- Suggests that there is a criminal basis. Some studies did challenge these findings: adoption studies, studies whether these kids have similar personality characteristics to their biological parents, looks at kids who are separated from their biological parents, researchers studied 1141 male adoptees. Researchers found that 185 out of the 1141 had criminal records.
